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so the republican party has to figure that out and figure out the issue of what to -- >> last word -- >> when you look at how african-americans came out for president obama, it really shows that a vote is so personal, and it really goes back to if it's the christian who wants to vote for a christian or an african-american who wants to vote for an african-american, it really comes down to when they go to the ballot box and makes their choice. >> you're saying there is no major reformation of issues needed for the g.o.p.? because they're losing issues from here on out. >> there is the economic perspective, and from that message on it's free enterprise and pushing small business and that economic message which i think very much favors the republicans, but there is broader issues like immigration reform where we need to work together with the democrats. that, i think, will help to let the latinos know republicans get it and we can work with you and bring you into the party, of course. >> we're out of time. let us know what you think. please follow me on twitter at bonnie erbe or at to the
so the republican party has to figure that out and figure out the issue of what to -- >> last word -- >> when you look at how african-americans came out for president obama, it really shows that a vote is so personal, and it really goes back to if it's the christian who wants to vote for a christian or an african-american who wants to vote for an african-american, it really comes down to when they go to the ballot box and makes their choice. >> you're saying there is no major...
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>> president obama continues to demand house republicans pass a bill, extending the tax cuts for 98% of americans and do it, you know, right now. wouldn't that be good for the economy? the president is open to compromise, but he's not going to give away the store, not this year. he learned his lessons back in the lame duck session of congress, 2011. so today he openly rejected the mitt romney, john boehner solution for tax reform. >> what i will not do is to have a process that is vague, that says we're going to sort of, kind of raise revenue through dynamic scoring or closing loopholes that have not been identified. and the reason i won't do that is because i don't want to find ourselves in a position six months from now or a year from now, where lo and behold, the only way to close the deficit is to sock it to middle class families. >> now, that is the classiest way i have ever seen anybody say, you know what, somebody's got to pick up the bar tab, boys. this is what president obama ran against in the presidential election. mitt romney's approach to tax reform was, trust me. the am
>> president obama continues to demand house republicans pass a bill, extending the tax cuts for 98% of americans and do it, you know, right now. wouldn't that be good for the economy? the president is open to compromise, but he's not going to give away the store, not this year. he learned his lessons back in the lame duck session of congress, 2011. so today he openly rejected the mitt romney, john boehner solution for tax reform. >> what i will not do is to have a process that is...
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president obama continued his fight for the middle class today and hit back at republican bullies in the process. the president held his first new conference since winning the president once again pipts the first time he's faced the news media without the worry or pressure for reelection. president obama is staying in constant communication with the american public as he makes it clear the country cannot afford to extend the bush tax cuts for the wealthy. >> this shouldn't be a surprise to anybody. if there was one thing that everybody understood was a big difference between myself and mr. romney, it was when it comes to how we reduce our deficit, i argued for a balanced responsible approach and part of that included making sure the wealth yet americans pay a little bit more. >> the president's plan with this whole game, with all the card out in the open and on the table. you nome what, think about this, the president could have said i don't want to do that, i think i'm going to cave in today. you don't have to worry about anything, he's not up for reelection. he played with heart to
president obama continued his fight for the middle class today and hit back at republican bullies in the process. the president held his first new conference since winning the president once again pipts the first time he's faced the news media without the worry or pressure for reelection. president obama is staying in constant communication with the american public as he makes it clear the country cannot afford to extend the bush tax cuts for the wealthy. >> this shouldn't be a surprise...
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they felt it was a way to get at president obama's leadership. and i talked to republicans who admit they are trying to make it an issue now. >> you saw a different president obama. >> yeah, he really pushed back on john mccain and lindsey graham and called it outrageous that they would make these charges about her, that she knowingly disseminated false information. he said look, if you have a problem, take it up with me. in his own way, he was very testy today, and in his own way, he was saying to john mccain, you want to make this an issue, buddy? dare me to nominate her. it really sounded like in reading between the lines that this is something he's interested in doing this is a political fight that's not going to go away. one thing that struck me, the president talked about going after her, because she's "an easy target." well, what does that mean? because she's a woman, the only one out there using the information she had? it's interesting to me. i'm not quite sure what the president was talking about. >> there are so many questions about th
they felt it was a way to get at president obama's leadership. and i talked to republicans who admit they are trying to make it an issue now. >> you saw a different president obama. >> yeah, he really pushed back on john mccain and lindsey graham and called it outrageous that they would make these charges about her, that she knowingly disseminated false information. he said look, if you have a problem, take it up with me. in his own way, he was very testy today, and in his own way,...
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>>> tomorrow night, i'll talk to senator john mccain with his battle with president obama over benghazi. that's all for us. "ac 360" starts now. >>> we begin as we do keeping them honest looking for facts not offering opinions or playing favorites. we're not supporting democrats or republicans. you can find that on plenty of other cable channels. our goal reporting, finding the facts. tonight our focus, it's over the attacks in benghazi. today, mr. mccain took it a step further enand said because of susan rice's role, the confusing fact, we'll talk to senator mccain in a second so president obama took the opportunity to fire back directly at the senator. >> if senator mccain and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. and i'm happy to have that discussion with them. but for them to go after the u.n. ambassador, who had nothing to do with benghazi and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence that she had received and to besmirch her reputation is outrageous. >> well, senator mccain heard that remark. 73 minutes later took to the floor of the u.s. senate t
>>> tomorrow night, i'll talk to senator john mccain with his battle with president obama over benghazi. that's all for us. "ac 360" starts now. >>> we begin as we do keeping them honest looking for facts not offering opinions or playing favorites. we're not supporting democrats or republicans. you can find that on plenty of other cable channels. our goal reporting, finding the facts. tonight our focus, it's over the attacks in benghazi. today, mr. mccain took it a...
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because the american people have now chosen barack obama over the republican guy. so what do they do? they have to gin up a conspiracy, a scandal of some sort, something they can attach the word gate to. now it's benghazi-gate. >> ron, you got it. this is the big alternative universal view of their world view in which you don't know what color the sky is over there. but they believe that this is as big as watergate and although nixon got re-elected in '72, he will come down by '74 even though this guy won in '12, he will come down by '14 because of this big gate ron mentioned. they have it in their head this is big time. >> in 1997 after bill clinton got re-elected but before lewinsky, the republicans tried to do the same thing on chinese fund-raising. remember that? they spent the better part of a year trying to turn this into a huge scandal. there is a little more to that one than there is to this. this is just exploiting a tragedy for political purposes. >> and here is the great irony. john mccain, who seems like he's the big whistle-blower, going after susan ri
because the american people have now chosen barack obama over the republican guy. so what do they do? they have to gin up a conspiracy, a scandal of some sort, something they can attach the word gate to. now it's benghazi-gate. >> ron, you got it. this is the big alternative universal view of their world view in which you don't know what color the sky is over there. but they believe that this is as big as watergate and although nixon got re-elected in '72, he will come down by '74 even...
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obama is very good in liberal rhetoric blaming republicans. even in "l.a. times", obama wants to help the middle class but republicans don't want to give everything to the rich which is not true. and a lot of liberals are saying this was a mandate to raise taxes? i think people can be pro-choice, pro-day marriage and have fiscal responsibility and live within their means. jon: well, i mean to be honest, angela, the president campaigned on a platform saying i'm going to go back to the bill clinton tax rates and the wealthiest are going to have to pay more money and he won. >> but bill clinton worked with a republican congress and our economy was not in dire straits that it is right now. so if he really wants to go back to the bill clinton days he should go to the table and work with republicans. >> also you have to look taxes were historical high. one of the things they're talking about is trying to get tax rates back to the 1990s to compensate for. >> different day, different time. >> what i will say in the election what we did learn that american people ca
obama is very good in liberal rhetoric blaming republicans. even in "l.a. times", obama wants to help the middle class but republicans don't want to give everything to the rich which is not true. and a lot of liberals are saying this was a mandate to raise taxes? i think people can be pro-choice, pro-day marriage and have fiscal responsibility and live within their means. jon: well, i mean to be honest, angela, the president campaigned on a platform saying i'm going to go back to the...
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of obama. i think a lot of democrats are going to defend it just because it is obama. we as americans should want the truth, not our own political thing and say, oh, well. we need to be more concerned about the truth for americans and not so much about our political stances. host: here is a story from "washington times." another story coming to us from reuters says -- this is an analysis piece that says -- arlene from north carolina, a democrat. caller: i have three things i want to briefly state. they have a new law that you can be held without council and all of the other stuff. everybody knows about it. this is a perfect example of a case where all of these guys, two and nt the women, should have been taken and. we should have seen them arrested. they probably have done something to the national security. that is terrorism. the second thing is, i really -- these guys are so high, you really cannot believe petraeus in 37 years only had one girlfriend. who knows what was going on with 9/11 in
of obama. i think a lot of democrats are going to defend it just because it is obama. we as americans should want the truth, not our own political thing and say, oh, well. we need to be more concerned about the truth for americans and not so much about our political stances. host: here is a story from "washington times." another story coming to us from reuters says -- this is an analysis piece that says -- arlene from north carolina, a democrat. caller: i have three things i want to...
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obama went to republicans tried to get them to make a deal. they wouldn't make the deal because they wouldn't agree that wealthy people have to pay higher taxes. he essentially brought the public in to try to sell them on the deal that the republicans would make or to make republicans bear the political cost of defending the position which is actually highly unpopular. so that's -- you know, it was almost weird how much obama talked about raising taxes on the rich. he talked about it far more than any democrat ever has. >> john: let me ask you. one of the things i found very strange, the president never once, that i can remember brought up the fact that the american people voted to raise taxes on the wealthy in 2008 when they elected him. he ran on that back against john mccain, the american people voted for it. and while it is easy to understand how he would have this grand bargain of giving up on the bush tax cuts to keep unemployment benefits alive in 2010, why did he never once utilize the capital of having won an election that was based o
obama went to republicans tried to get them to make a deal. they wouldn't make the deal because they wouldn't agree that wealthy people have to pay higher taxes. he essentially brought the public in to try to sell them on the deal that the republicans would make or to make republicans bear the political cost of defending the position which is actually highly unpopular. so that's -- you know, it was almost weird how much obama talked about raising taxes on the rich. he talked about it far more...
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if the republicans want to fight. the president clearly stating two key demands during his first news conference, ever since winning re-election. the first on taxes and the fiscal cliff. >> but what i'm not going to do is to extend bush tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% that we can't afford, and according to economists, will have the least positive impact on our economy. >> the president also making clear that he has susan rice's back. that's his ambassador, the embattled u.s. ambassador to the united nations. initially she said that that september 11th attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi began as a spontaneous protest against an anti-islam film. well, now two top-ranking republicans are vowing to block her nomination if, in fact, she is picked to be the next secretary of state. that had the president very anger. here's what he said. >> if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. >> white house correspondent dan lothian is in washington, d.c., this morning. let
if the republicans want to fight. the president clearly stating two key demands during his first news conference, ever since winning re-election. the first on taxes and the fiscal cliff. >> but what i'm not going to do is to extend bush tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% that we can't afford, and according to economists, will have the least positive impact on our economy. >> the president also making clear that he has susan rice's back. that's his ambassador, the embattled u.s....
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they voted for tammy baldwin, they voted for barack obama. that was the partnership of defining who the republicans really are. they helped a lot with taught a can -- todd akin. i think that was really important. >> in june, when i went to our board and said, i like to spend all of the money in the bank now. it really was. we saw we were going to be out spent. enough is as good as a feast. we had to get in there. and they would have a hard havtime undefining themselves. one group i still think we have to work on, it was not enough for the year of the women pungent -- pundit. we are getting screwed out there. any of the women would be as great as any of the men up there. it bothers me. thank god we have you and a few people. any guy seems to be able to get on their. i would like to see all of you on there. there was really not the coverage of that on the talk- show circuit. >> as a pundit, every time i would go there, that it was an interesting year for women evolving, they said, yeah, yeah, there she goes. let's get back to the real issues. i
they voted for tammy baldwin, they voted for barack obama. that was the partnership of defining who the republicans really are. they helped a lot with taught a can -- todd akin. i think that was really important. >> in june, when i went to our board and said, i like to spend all of the money in the bank now. it really was. we saw we were going to be out spent. enough is as good as a feast. we had to get in there. and they would have a hard havtime undefining themselves. one group i still...
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i have suggested that president obama set up that big table at camp david and invite leaders from both parties to discuss how we forge the coalition to pass comprehensive immigration reform. i think after the election day wake-up call, there are more and more of us willing to come to that table and negotiate, including friends in the republican party. we have heard from republican leaders who want to be at that table. i know some republicans want to come to the table because they want the immigration issue off the table. they want it off the table because they are worried about democrats running the table in statewide and financial -- and national elections for the foreseeable future. but listen, whatever your reason for coming to the table, please come. together we can fight for justice for immigrants. together we can re-establish the rule of law. together we can make immigration one of the greatest and most defining aspects of american society instead of something that divides us. together we can make americans see we can work together, republicans and democrats, as americans first.
i have suggested that president obama set up that big table at camp david and invite leaders from both parties to discuss how we forge the coalition to pass comprehensive immigration reform. i think after the election day wake-up call, there are more and more of us willing to come to that table and negotiate, including friends in the republican party. we have heard from republican leaders who want to be at that table. i know some republicans want to come to the table because they want the...